Investigation And Protection Of Sites During The Anti-Japanese War In Zuoquan County,Jinzhong City,Shanxi Province

Since the 18 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China,China has attached great importance to the inheritance and development of red culture,and the author of this article found through consulting relevant materials that during the War of Resistance Against Japan,the Eighth Route Army,the New Fourth Army and other anti-Japanese contingents led by the Communist Party of China,relying on the support of the broad masses of the people,established anti-Japanese democratic bases in the rear of the aggressors.The Taihang Revolutionary Base Area was the most important of these,and Liao County(present-day Zuoquan County)was the heartland of the Taihang Revolutionary Base Area.In the nearly eight years from its founding in November 1937 to the final victory of the Anti-Japanese War in early September 1945,Zuoquan County left many traces of life and battles,and these anti-Japanese war sites are valuable cultural heritage that cannot be replicated by the Chinese nation.Based on comprehensive consideration of relevant data and comprehensive fieldwork,this paper elaborates the geographical location,historical evolution and revolutionary historical facts of Zuoquan County during the Anti-Japanese War period,and makes preliminary statistics on 75 Anti-Japanese War sites in Zuoquan County.It was classified according to their use and nature,and it was found that Zuoquan County had rich categories of red cultural sites during the Anti-Japanese War,with the most important political institutions,meetings,events,battles,battle sites or old sites.In order to better study and analyze the overall situation of the anti-Japanese war sites in Zuoquan County,this paper uses the chart analysis method to present the types,temporal and spatial distribution characteristics and protection and utilization status of the anti-Japanese war sites in Zuoquan County more intuitively,and analyzes the overall temporal and spatial distribution characteristics,existing conservation conditions and special historical relics and economic and social values of the anti-Japanese war sites in Zuoquan County.The site of the Anti-Japanese War in Zuoquan County was mainly concentrated in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War,and the revolutionary base area had just been established and was seriously damaged by the Japanese army during the sweep in May 1942,so in terms of spatial distribution,it has the characteristics of overall dispersion but concentrated contiguity.The survey results show that unlike other types of cultural relics and sites,the anti-Japanese war sites in Zuoquan County have problems to a certain extent,such as unknown people,low level of cultural relics,poor preservation status,and insufficient development and utilization.Based on the overall situation and coexistence of anti-Japanese war sites in the region,at the same time,the current situation of the protection of various sites in Zuoquan County,as well as the practical problems in the work of cultural relics protection,such as weak awareness of cultural relics protection,lack of resources and talents,and obvious constructive destruction.At the same time,using the methods of cultural relics and museology,the self-value and social value of the Anti-Japanese War site in Zuoquan County as a material cultural heritage were expounded,and it was proposed that the Anti-Japanese War site in Zuoquan County has unique value in history,social education and economic culture,which deserves further attention and greater protection from all walks of life.On this basis,based on the understanding of Zuoquan County’s protection process and existing relevant policies,this paper deeply investigates the manpower and material resources invested in the protection of cultural relics in Zuoquan County,analyzes the existing problems,and puts forward preliminary protection and utilization countermeasures.It is hoped that through the top-level design,a cultural relics protection system will be built,combined with tourism development,the unique historical information of the anti-Japanese war sites in Zuoquan County will be deeply explored,a tourism resource system will be constructed,and the publicity and supervision of the anti-Japanese war sites will be strengthened in all aspects of cultural relics protection and social construction by encouraging the public to participate in the protection,so as to form the social effect of cultural relics protection;At the same time,it actively absorbs private parties to invest in protection funds,uses risk leverage to protect cultural relics,and uses financial value-added services to implement regional protection of anti-war sites.The study of the anti-Japanese war sites in Zuoquan County,especially the protection and utilization of them,is a significant undertaking,and the inheritance of red culture is of vital and far-reaching significance to every Chinese,and is an indispensable and important factor in the process of promoting rural revitalization,and then promoting the spirit of patriotism and inheriting red genes.